05975cam a2200745Ka 4500 ocn792741187 OCoLC 20200709055523.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120430s2011 inu ob 001 0 eng d 2011030414 N$T eng pn N$T E7B OCLCQ OCLCO YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCA DKDLA OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCA OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ AZK 759160145 922991783 961519807 962641334 9781575066424 (electronic bk.) 1575066424 (electronic bk.) 9781575062198 1575062194 448610 (N$T) (OCoLC)792741187 (OCoLC)759160145 (OCoLC)922991783 (OCoLC)961519807 (OCoLC)962641334 BS1238.D42 A53 2011eb REL 006090 bisacsh 221.6 23 MAIN Anderson, John Edward, 1981- Jacob and the divine trickster : a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle / John E. Anderson. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011. 1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Bibliography Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 5 Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Baylor University, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and indexes. Introduction -- A trickster oracle : reading Jacob and Esau between Beten and Bethel (Genesis 25-28) -- Divine deception and incipient fulfillment of the ancestral promise (Genesis 29-31) -- Replaying the fool : Esau versus YHWH and Jacob (Genesis 32-35) -- Concluding remarks and prospects for further study. What role does God play in relation to the deceptions that pervade the Jacob cycle? What has not been investigated is the way God may factor into this deceptive activity. The book of Genesis contains a latent tension: Jacob is both a brazen trickster who deceives members of his own family and YHWH's chosen, from whom the entire people of Israel derive and for whom they are named. How is one to reconcile this tension? This dissertation investigates the phenomenon of divine deception in the Jacob cycle (Gen 25-35). The primary thesis is that YHWH both uses and engages in deception for the perpetuation of the ancestral promise (Gen 12:1-3), giving rise to what Anderson has dubbed a theology of deception. Through a literary hermeneutic, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between both how the text means and what the text means, with theological aims, this study examines the various manifestations of YHWH as Trickster in the Jacob cycle. Attention is given to how the multiple deceptions evoke, advance, and at times fulfill the ancestral promise. In Gen 25-28 YHWH engages in deception to insure Jacob receives the ancestral promise. Here Jacob is seen cutting his deceptive teeth by extorting the right of the firstborn from Esau and the paternal blessing from Isaac. YHWH, however, also plays the role of Trickster through an utterly ambiguous oracle to Rebekah in Gen 25:23, which drives the human deceptions. At Bethel (Gen 28:10-22) Jacob receives the ancestral promise from YHWH, in effect corroborating the earlier deceptions. In Gen 29-31 YHWH uses the many deceptions perpetrated between Jacob and Laban to advance the ancestral promise in the areas of progeny, blessing to the nations, and land. Lastly, in Gen 32-35 YHWH participates in Jacob's final deception of Esau (Gen 33:1-17) through two encounters Jacob has, first with the "messengers of God" and second with God. Jacob's tricking of Esau during their reconciliation results in Jacob's return to the promised land. Can anyone out-trick the Divine Trickster? Anderson thus rightly gives due attention to the Old Testament's image of God as dynamic, subversive, and unsettling, appreciating the complex and intricate ways that YHWH interacts with his people. This witness to YHWH's engagement in deception stands alongside and informs the biblical portrait of YHWH as trustworthy and a God who does not lie. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 630 Bible. Genesis Criticism, interpretation, etc. Jacob (Biblical patriarch) Jacob, (Biblical patriarch) Bible. Genesis Criticism, interpretation, etc. Jacob (Biblical patriarch) fast (OCoLC)fst00087721 Bible. Genesis. fast (OCoLC)fst01808046 Deception in the Bible. Truthfulness and falsehood Religious aspects Judaism. God (Judaism) Attributes. Election (Theology) RELIGION Biblical Criticism & Interpretation Old Testament. bisacsh Deception in the Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst00888982 Election (Theology) fast (OCoLC)fst00904285 God (Judaism) Attributes. fast (OCoLC)fst00944158 Truthfulness and falsehood Religious aspects Judaism. fast (OCoLC)fst01158264 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Print version: Anderson, John Edward, 1981- Jacob and the divine trickster. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011 9781575062198 (DLC) 2011030414 (OCoLC)742017635 Siphrut ; 5. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=448610 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3155626 ebrary EBRY ebr10495982 EBSCOhost EBSC 448610 YBP Library Services YANK 7147396 92 N$T 51189 51189